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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2017
Echostar Technologies International Corporation, Englewood, CO (US);
Scott Gebers, Englewood, CO (US);
ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
A system for alerting drivers to the presence of oncoming emergency vehicles. According to an embodiment, the system includes: a first transceiver located in an emergency vehicle for transmitting GPS coordinates of the emergency vehicle, and second transceiver located in an automobile. The second transceiver is receives the transmitted information and determines a proximity of the emergency vehicle relative to the automobile. If the emergency vehicle is within a predetermined proximity of the automobile, the second transceiver causes selective attenuation of audio and video signals currently being output in order to raise driver awareness to audio/video alerts generated by the emergency vehicle.